题目内容
6.The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare,if the findings of a study into children's writing are anything to go by.Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage,trash can,sidewalk,candy,sneakers,soda,and flashlight.The stories,written by pupils aged 7to 13,show how fairy cakes are referred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo."Smart"is now often used for"clever"and"cranky"for"irritable".
Television also has a powerful influence on children's work,with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi among the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.
But pupils are let down by basic spelling,punctuation and grammar,according to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP),which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Two's"500Words"competition.
Children struggled to correctly spell simple words such as"does"and"clothes"and often failed to use the past tense correctly,frequently writing"rised"instead of"rose"or"thinked"instead of"thought".
Researchers also found that punctuation was underused,especially semi-colons and speech marks.Some did not know how to use capital letters.However,exclamation marks were overused.Researchers found 35,171examples in total,with some young writers using five at a time!
Popular US fiction such as the Twilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling.Meanwhile,fears that texting was corrupting children's written work were unfounded,they said,with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.
Samantha Armstrong from OUP said:"Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future."Chris Evans,whose radio show runs the competition,said the results were"fascinating",adding:"Who'd have thought that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?"
26.According to the passage,which of the following is an example of British English?B
A.sneakers B.fairy cakes C.tuxedo D.cranky
27.Which of the following was NOT frequently found in the pupils'stories?A
A.Text message language.
B.A variety of Americanisms.
C.Overuse of exclamation marks.
D.Names of famous TV stars.
28.What can we infer from the passage?B
A.Lionel Messi is now the most famous footballer in Britain.
B.American movies and books are increasingly popular in Britain.
C.The national writing competition is organised by Oxford University Press.
D.Written English is more influenced by classical literature than popular US culture.
29.The underlined phrase"unfounded"in Paragraph 7probably meansD.
A.unbearable B.unnoticeable C.not found D.not based on facts
30.The passage is intended toC.
A.show that British children have spellings and grammar abilities
B.share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way
C.discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written English in Britain
D.criticize the influence of popular US culture on British children's language use.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了英国书面英语的明显变化并分析了其演变过程.
解答 26.B.细节理解题.根据第一段最后一句和第二段内容可知,sneakers,tuxedo和candy是美式英语词汇;fairy cakes在美式英语中是cupcakes故选B项.
27.A.细节理解题.根据第七段中"Meanwhile,fears that texting was corrupting children's written work were un?founded,they said,with youngsters only using text lan?guage when they were referring to a text message."可知,短信中的语言没有在学生的故事中发现.故选A项.
28.B.推理判断题.根据文章第一段的句子"The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare,if the findings of a study into children's writing are anything to go by."可知美国电影和书在英国越来越受欢迎.故选B.
29.D.词义猜测题.根据"…they said,with youngsters on?ly using text language when they were referring to a text message."可知unfounded意为"没有根据的".故选D项.
30.C.写作意图题.全文讨论了英国书面英语的明显变化并分析了其演变过程.故选C项.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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